Turn Leaves into FREE Organic Compost

[@mariae6942]

Thank you very much Jag for this very informative video. I literally spent hundreds of dollars this past summer buying bags of compost to fill my numerous raised beds on my property. I have to start my own compost piles, we have so many trees on my property that there is no excuse not to use what I already have available to me. Your video will help me tremendously. Thank you again. 😊

[@rosewood513]

Nice video Jag as usual. I came up with a nice idea, for me. I live in a wooded area I have many many trees in my back. When the leaves start to die on the ground I stop my gardener from mowing the backyard, instead every few days to a week I mow the leaves myself. The mower picks up the leaves and the inch or two of grass. I also mow the other part of grass giving me a pretty good ratio. I also add some Saw dust and coffee grounds etc . that makes a nice mix of brown and green. This becomes a great pile to compost. I never need to buy fertilizer (although I do out of habit) I keep making piles where I want to start planting shrubs etc. No need to dig, the soil is right there when I need it. I don't pay that much attention to the ratios and it seems to work fine.

[@stephenbeck6410]

Every fall, I use my neighborhood Facebook group to ask my neighborhood for their leaves. They save space in their bins, and I get lots of leaves without raking any. I usually get around 60 black bags stuffed with leaves.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Awesome!

[@cooki47]

I do the same since I have pine needles, only I just have to drive down the maple lined avenues and find monster piles to fill my bags.

[@1voluntaryist]

I started composting for my organic garden in the '50s. I took the neighborhood clippings from the curb, added horse dung, table scraps, anything organic, misted, in a pile 5'x5'x10'. I turned every 3 days, finished in 2 weeks, spreading on the garden immediately, watched it disappear in 10 days. About a half century later I bought ($100) a corded leaf vac shredder, 15-1. One year, I didn't have time to compost, so I spread on my finished garden. In the spring, the leaf mulch had been consumed into the soil, making it richer. I was upset, but educated! I had NOT needed to compost all those decades.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Leaf mulch is the best!!

[@lindenj6155]

I've just bought a place in the country and have been binge watching how to improve the soil. Your video is a standout. Many thanks.

[@berryster]

I've been having good luck with the toilet paper roll trick also. Nice to find a use for a very common household item.

[@meghanschwanke1133]

This video is sooo helpful and answered my questions about my compost. Leaves are coming down soon! Thank you for this very clear explanation

[@hifumigreen7071]

Another fantastic video!!! I appreciate the way you are able to simplify the information. The charts are just what I needed; now I can get busy making compost! Thank you again Jag!

[@elizabethfriedrichsen4870]

What an amazing video! Wow, I actually know how to make compost now, thank you!

[@robstart8643]

I collect leaves off the lawn by using my mower and box.So there is a nice mix of grass cuttings and chopped leaves.I either add this to compost heap or spread it on recently cleaned ground mixed with manure and cover with black plastic. Remove plastic in April,May to find soil ready to plant in.

[@bluebutterflywellness2273]

JAG!!🎉 I did it and got two whole 50 gallon bags of rich black gold!! THANK YOU!!! 😍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@jenniferd1703]

I watch this video often ...great info!!

[@tamaramckeithan3360]

That c:n chart is exactly what I needed! Thank you

[@FastEddy396]

That was the best and simplest explanation of how to compost that I've seen. Your direct explanation is clearly so very well thought out. Thank You for making the time to help us do our best!

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Glad you liked the video!

[@bc-guy852]

Jag your videos continue to get better and better! (Like my garden since I started watching your channel!) The chart and your examples working through the math are fabulous. I've heard some of these things before but your presentation is concise, thorough and has a chart to make it easy to remember. (One screenshot and I'm set!) Thanks Jag - - your videos have been a great help!

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!

[@juneramirez8580]

I just came across this! I took 4 bags of leaves from a friend. Waiting for 2:28 two more bags from her. Will try this!!!! Thanks!

[@imperialthreat]

Yay! Love the chart!!! So helpful! Jag you are seriously my go to for gardening! So lucky to have found your KZbin. Either by algorithm or whatever, but have only learned so much!!!🎉

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Glad you like the videos!

[@NSG2810]

Truly amazing Sir... keep up the good work!!

[@Crashbangable]

I like a pitchfork for turning and a tarp if the pile is drying out.

[@jackgraham3393]

Another great video. Your information is always usefully and much quality in explaining how to do the project. Only problem I have is by time leaves are falling, there is no green to be had. Like at this point the leaves are just starting to fall and the night time temperature is going to be in the teens. Grass has pretty much quit growing. I probably get the equivalent of 100 bags of leaves. Best I can do is run them through the shredder and work them into the garden soil. Keep putting out the great videos. My goal is to visit your farm one of these days.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Can you pile up and save the leaves for spring? My grass and weeds keep growing all throughout the winter, so i get plenty of green. Working the leaves in the soil is great as well!

[@johnjude2685]

I gather mine and pickup some of the neighbors, I mix thew my mulching chipper 8 hp grass clippings and garden waste 20 percent and 80 percent fall leaves after mulching I spread on my pepper and tomatoes in ground raised beds. Plenty of worms will show up before spring planting time. Mixture of leaves and grass clippings works best when mixed

[@tessamoland797]

Oh my goodmess! Thank you for explaining this ratio equation. I was completely dumbfounded by it until watching your video. Thank you, Sir

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Glad it helped!

[@cbak1819]

Thanks for the garden shoe mention.. I'll check them out🎉

[@cbak1819]

Super good content.. I'll be doing this tomorrow. We will be mowing our lawn for the first time this year, adding them to the leaves I shredded last fall. I also heard you can just take native soil to inoculate leaves.. has anyone done that?

[@cbak1819]

Lawn mower for the win for sure.. 💜

[@sherrylingenfelter8991]

Great video & information!

[@golfernst]

So where do you get grass clippings in the fall?

[@monaroks]

Thank you Jag

[@beautifulsoul3983]

Subscriber for long time. Great information

[@loriezweifel3364]

Thank you for your videos…. Love your style and content, again…. Thank You! Can I just pile leaves…. In my compost bin I use kitchen scraps them leaves, which I gather at the time from the forest. But it is fall and like you, an abundance in fallen leaves and I am just wishing I could make a huge pile close to my compost bins.

[@vasanthats3612]

Love from India🎉 nice info🎉

[@MrAWood]

What about adding shredded tree pieces from a live cut down tree from a tree company? Would that be considered green or brown?

[@karabean]

Have you tried no-till gardening using cover crops? I've read that this is really beneficial for soil and prevents soil compaction. I would love to see a video of this idea in action.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

We did it this year and last year, it is great, prevents erosion and promotes microbiology in soil however there was 4 times more labor cost in mowing as compared to discing.

[@karabean]

@@DaisyCreekFarms Very interesting! Thanks so much for your reply.

[@smert_rashistskiy_pederacii]

3 months ... lucky you to have so many warm days after leaves fallen. In my country, after that, I'll have -5C or even lower.

[@dhaniaboodoo7042]

Thanks Jag! 👍👍🙏

[@camicri4263]

Thank you Jay! Blessings

[@luciparadise6781]

Sweeeeeet. This better than what I'm used to doing. 😂

[@lilaclilly198]

Thank you for this video🙏🏼 I found it very useful and straight forward to follow. I have had a go at making compost with okay results but my compost never heats up? Not sure what I am doing wrong🤔. I am determined not to give up.

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Follow the correct Carbon to Nitrogen ratio, keep the pile moist and turn every 4 to 5 days and it will heat up

[@lilaclilly198]

@@DaisyCreekFarms Great advice thank you. It’s in the compost bin at the moment. I did find I get better results when I leave it on the ground.

[@karthika393]

Does the grass clippings have seeds ??

[@robertschloder2438]

Jag, please advise, I live in north west PA. May I seed next year s potato crop NOW with tennis ball size potatoes left over this year. I plant in 100 %leaf compost that's 2ft deep. There are no visible eyes . Does that matter? Thanks Bob

[@MrGenopv1]

Hello and thanks for the great videos! Is it good to add more material to the pile as it shrinks down?? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Onlyy add very fine material like coffee grounds or shredded leaves etc. because larger materials will take a lot longer to decompose while most of you pile is half way or near completion.

[@ramizballou5197]

Thank you so much for the detailed presentation - very informative. I am 1st time to composting. I have 2 questions. Do you consider falling fall foliage to be brown or green content? Do you have any preference for lawn vs green Leafs (e.g beats, lettuce, lemon grass,...etc) for green content?

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Fall leaves are brown content All greens are equal, use them all, there is no preference!

[@ramizballou5197]

@@DaisyCreekFarms , OMG, you are so fast! Thank you so much for the response and details.

[@ramizballou5197]

@@DaisyCreekFarms , one other question, does the pile of compost needs to be covered to keep internal heat? (by the way, this is for the Bay Area, CA climate)

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

No, the pile does not need to be covered, glad you like the videos!

[@bowandarrowindian3704]

Hello does water oak leaves make good soil? I'm way down South.

[@virginiatibbetts1551]

My problem is my grass clippings are Bermuda and St. Augustine, both which spread by rhizomes. I’m afraid to use these in my compost. Can you advise?

[@theacademicstitcher]

I have the same problem. Is there something else I can use for the green material?

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Don't use Bermuda grass, use these for green material: Coffee grounds from local cafe, kitchen scraps (finely chopped), and weeds you pull from garden

[@BlessNaa77]

Jag if I do not have grass what I use please Thank you

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Coffee grounds from local cafe, kitchen scraps (finely chopped), and weeds you pull from garden

[@rajiprabhakaran9577]

Very useful tip Jag. One question, do we need to do composting in a sunny spot?

[@JWHealing]

I’d say not necessarily. You need to keep the pile moist. Sunlight is not a factor either way except that if there’s a lot of sun you may just need to water more. As he said u need carbon, nitrogen, moisture, & air

[@a760541]

Bit of overkill there with your ratios. I just set the ride-on higher when i want more brown / less green. When i want more green to brown i just drop the blades. All garden clippings provide the brown in the summer months leaves provide the brown in the autumn months. Result very fine green n brown chaff that's ideal to put in the compost bins. Guaranteed a good composition temp of 60 - 80c 6 weeks and a sift through a 8mm garden sieve and it's black gold.

[@4toes1nose]

Thank you

[@blahdeblaaah9445]

Oh my lord that’s complicated for my adhd autism brain. I admire the details and wish I could follow through with them, but I’m gonna just have to do what I can do: dump leaves on the ground and hope it makes my soil healthy.

[@howieg2019]

if i wanted to cut up grape stems and put them in a compost pile, is it ok to do that?🤔

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Might take long time to decompose, if you chop finely, they should be ok

[@BlackJesus8463]

yup!

[@Wreinie]

Thank you! My husband and I are interested in starting a compost pile, but are worried about fires starting from them. We live adjacent to a major National Forest, and some of our property is forested as well. Wildfires are really scary for us, this summer we had so much smoke from the Canadian wildfires. (We are in northeast Wisconsin). Should we be as concerned or is there a video that you might have previously made that will help us? Also, because it is already getting cold up here we expect our leaves to start dropping any day now, I assume that once the snow comes, then there is nothing more to be done with the pile? Thanks for your responses! Kind Regards, Michi

[@tammyohlsson7966]

Just keep it moist, no worries!

[@codaroma]

My problem is I only have leaves and no grass clippings. Any suggestions?

[@shakirafernandez6573]

Try using food scraps! I believe it’s considered green but it’s a higher ratio than grass clippings

[@h.p.dominocus]

This seems really advanced for me. Never knew you can use sawdust in a garden.... I've only been planting potatoes for 2 years. I had 2 successful harvests and 2 horrible ones. I was just wondering how to add shredded leaves and grass scraps to make the soil usable. This is way over my head as they say....

[@theytwatcher950]

Good job Jag. Will be trying this out soon. I don't get a lot of these leaves in my house. On a side note, have you heard of Sidhu Moose Wala? You knew about his death?

[@jamilemmond3393]

Off topic but I have been making your garlic tomato sauce and just LOVE it. Thanks

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Haha it's fabulous isn't it!

[@Julian_Wang-pai]

Pile it high and forget it for a few months - it'll compost and be a great amendment for your garden / grow-beds.

[@gapperx9068]

Green screen farming? Give me ole good country boy every day over this production.

[@rxlo1015]

👍👍👍👍

[@JoRoBoYo]

my compost doesn't attract rodent or fly, it attract freaking monitor lizard. every afternoon it come and dig. 😅 that thing is massive

[@panincognito2835]

Enjoy your Aspergillus Fumigatus.

[@BuildWealthMedia]

Meat can be composted.

[@clarkl4177]

Oh my... trying to follow this...but Phew! Not NEARLY as straightforward as usual, Jag! .😢 For instance, on the "C:N" page you had the "Ns" listed under the C and "Cs" listed under the "Ns" ouch🤕. It was hurting my head to hear what you were SAYING while SEEING what you wrote 😭 You are usually so clear, this was out of character for you 😊 BUT, the "2 🪣 Green to 1 🪣 Brown" image was concise and clear 👍

[@DaisyCreekFarms]

Sorry if the video was not clear, The C:N Ratio on top of the slide is the title of the slide and each section has a clear title, Green (Nitrogen) material in green colors on the left and Brown (Carbon) material in brown on the right. Please do let me know how I can improve.

[@TheOCBackyardGardener]

Compost are getting expensive these days.

[@slavenkabozic9655]

Molimm va previd na SRPSKI JEZIK!

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Sawdust from chain saws is a bad idea. There will be some bar & chain oil in that sawdust. Be aware that pillbugs will LOVE that compost pile....

[@SujitDas-ek6dw]

Hi...................

[@donnamcfarland162]

But not grass that’s been poisoned by weed n feed! 😢 killed my green beans that way😢

[@muyybe]

source of all plant diseases

[@malcolmxx2083]

i’m looking into possibly starting to compost to fix my rock hard georgia clay soil for my lawn, not gardening. are you saying compost will introduce disease in to the grass?

[@readysetvlog5003]

Old video

[@JoeandAngie]

Green is not abundant now...

[@malcolmt7883]

If you have a lawn mower, leaves can be chopped up and then dumped in a pile. Shredded leaves won't blow away, and the leaves can be composted at a later time or used as mulch in the Summer.